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What is Biodiversity?
Biological diversity, or, biodiversity for short, is the name given to
the variety of living things, the places where they live and how they
work together.
Biodiversity has taken millions of years to establish and is still
changing. It is essential to the Earth’s life support system, providing
basic natural processes, which we take for granted, such as fossil
fuels, fresh water, fertile soil, clean air, a stable climate and
predictable weather conditions.
At the moment extinction is running at more than 1000 times its natural
rate and unless drastic action is taken immediately many once common
species will be lost.
Wigan has its own very distinctive ‘wildlife’ communities, which over
time, have adapted to our local conditions and now form the basis of our
'local biodiversity'.
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Wigan's Biodiversity Strategy
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Mossland Biodiversity Action Plan
What are Biodiversity Action Plans?
Wigan’s Biodiversity Action Plans, or BAPs as they are more commonly
known, present a positive and clear way forward to conserving our local
wildlife. They provide targets and actions that work towards both
species and habitat conservation.
There are national and regional BAPs, but it is at the local level that
biodiversity and so sustainability, will or will not be achieved. These
BAPs create a common agenda not just for conservationists but for
anyone whose work or play has an impact on the environment. And of
course, that means all of us.
“The challenge is for everyone in the borough to consider how they can
help conserve and enhance Wigan’s biodiversity”.
Wigan’s Biodiversity Partnership
The aim of the Biodiversity Partnership is:
- ‘To provide a focal point and information exchange for biodiversity
action in the Borough’
The Partnership welcomes representatives of all organisations with a
direct interest in the development, enhancement and conservation of
Wigan’s biodiversity.
Membership is open to any individual, organisation or company that
supports the aim of the Partnership and can contribute to its
achievement. New members are always made to feel welcome.
The Partnership meets every three months at Wigan Town Hall.
For further information on Wigan’s biodiversity or how to get involved
in the Biodiversity Partnership contact either:
Biodiversity Action Plans
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